10:51 PM,
Feb. 20, 2014

Jackson Superintendent Lu Anne Meinders announced she is retiring after the school year.

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Lu Anne Meinders, superintendent for the township school district, announced Wednesday she will retire this summer, only a year after taking the job.

Meinders said her decision was forced by health concerns related to multiple sclerosis, which are complicated by high blood pressure. At the urging of her doctors and wishes of her family, she will retire from the district as of July 1.

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that disrupts communication between the brain, spinal chord and nerves. It can cause numbness, walking and balance problems, pain, paralysis, and other symptoms, ...